2/28/11

Dana's back, which is nice since it gives me some phone backup.  It's still tough to take restful breaks since I'm effectively on-call at all times.  System issues this morning gave me enough time to knock together another shelf which was good, for the space it cleared out if nothing else.
I want to start tracking some of our actual monthly expenses - groceries, gas, restaurant - on our google doc to see what we're actually looking like.  I think the whiteboard is good day-to-day, and we can punch it in at the end of each month to archive it.
The impulsive part of my brain wants to get a Wii, and start working out with the Wii Boxing minigame that they bundle with it.

- J

2/25/11

It's a slow day, but a slow Friday is better than a quick Monday.  I'll be ordering the food from Costco today, but due to the nature of the handoff, it won't be much different from last week.  In my head I've been running through disobedient-child scenarios, and in my imagination I'm not a very good parent.  Mostly an emotionless disciplinarian.
-interrupted by phone call-
I'm glad my appetite is starting to come back, but it always seems coupled with a bit of an "ick" feeling.  Like, "I'm hungry........... gross."
Okay, time to get back to it.  Gotta change a bulb and order some food and find out what's up with G.M. Jeff's schedule.  Here I go!  Raaaaa.

- J

2/24/11

Taking calls on my paid breaks is also disrupting the consistency of my writing and bible-reading.  I think i may have to develop a new strategy.  Adaptability within responsability shold be the goal of the mature Christian man, though.

- J

2/23/11

The internet does indeed go on forever.  You are wise, my totally hot wife.  Whatever there is to do online, it can wait.  It can wait for pretty much everything.  The internet takes priority over very few things... maybe even nothing.  Its lure is its ease of use.  Sure it's not important, but it's so easy to do that not-important stuff!
Sigh.
Path-of-least-resistance is still a strong argument to my brain.

- J

2/18/11

I don't feel like I've been leading terribly well since we've gotten married.  I do okay in the small-scale day-to-day stuff, but larger vision execution has thus far not been a strength.  Switching to a primarily cash-based budget system needs to become a reality not simply for its practicality, but for it's consequential effect on casual spending.  We have a budget on paper, but I haven't a clue about whether we're sticking to it in real life... what numbers need to be adjusted, what things should be trimmed or brought under leaner control.
I know not to beat myself up too badly.  Since October: two moves, one vacation to PA, multiple bouts with sickness, OT at both work and church... we've been busy.  But that's exactly the problem, since I feel busy a lot but not particularly fruitful.  It feels like all I can do to keep up with the pace of life.

- J

2/17/11

Doing well.  I really like having my own station in shipping.  I have my own phone there for taking calls, and I'm getting to the point where I'm pretty comfortable helping people.  I told some information to a guy today with absolute confidence, then second-guessed myself and had to look it up on our site.  Fortunately I was right so I didn't have to call him back, but I've got to watch myself.  I've starred saying "my shipping department," or "my processing department," instead of THE processing department.  It's subtle, but it's my brain's attempt to make me sound more important than I am.

- J

2/16/11

Doing better than yesterday.  Much more alert so far.  My legs are cramping up when I sit like they did after the honeymoon, though.  This would be less of a problem if it didn't also hurt to stand.
...
Is there anything I can do around here while recumbent?

- J

Really sleepy

Fighting to keep my eyes open.  I'm just not hitting the pillow early enough to sustain myself.  I've realized too that as I've gotten more tired, my aperture of life has narrowed... I've forgotten all of my priorities beyond each individual day.  I'm not regular in my scripture reading, I'm not focused on setting aside a sabbath with you.  On having a "date night".  On budgeting more intelligently.  All these abstracts are beyond my circle of awareness.  I had a lot of down time this past weekend, but I didn't get good rest.

- J

2/14/11

Happy Valentine's Day! 
Now that the necessary has been addressed, we may safely proceed to nonsense.  I'm really happy about being alive right now.  Everything feels like summer.  I'm doing well at work, and people like my music, and you love me. 

More thoughts in head
Song: "His Name Is Aeofel"

Ways the world ends
Cthulu awakes
Ragnarok
Sailor Moon falls in love with Prince Darien
Shaitan taints the male half of The One Source
Kefka alters the balance of the three goddesses
Ganon gains posession of the Triforce
The Genesis Device is activated
Giant meteor / Jenova
The Tripods came
Not with a bang but a whimper
Large Hadron Collider is activated
Skynet
The mutant plague
Megatron acquires the allspice allcube

Even more nonsense

"Magic Dance" hook; Twitterverse;

mashups
Hangin' Tough / Teardrop
LDN / Bring Tha Noize
Jump / (It's the) End of the World As We Know It

- J

Snippets

Party in my pants... wizards?  time travelers? Dr. Who...
Hooks: Brakstreet, My Doorbell, ?

Notable wizards
Merlin
Gandalf
Saruman
Avatar
Blackworlf
Albus Dumbledore
Severus Snape
Nicolas Flamel
Voldemort / Tom Riddle
H.P.
Oz
Howl
Raistlin
The Wicked Witch of the West
Jafar
Lo Pan
Ben Kenobi
Tim the Enchanter
Tellah
Mordenkainen
Schmendrick
Ursula
Circe
Doctor Strange
Fizban
Elminster
Sparrowhawk

This is a story all about when
The the human race comes to its end
So I'd like to take a minute - just sit right there
I'll tell you how Armageddon happens so that you can prepare

In the twenty-first century by surprise
People gain powers, then the robots rise
It's clear they're here, cold fear grips the nation
And they start up a department of mutant registration

...

- J

Nice and quiet today

Hardly anyone here, and only a few phone calls.  Shipping is where it should be.  Bagel with cream cheese.  It's so calm.
...
No one has any idea about the party in my pants.

- J

2/8/11

Work is getting more frustrating day by day.  I don't see evidence of change, just a lot of empty talk to go with an empty GM office most of the time.  Dana was told a few days ago that I'm supposed to be answering all phone calls.  I would have like to have received that memo too.  =/

- J

Things to talk about

-The past
-The future
-Home organization / decoration
--Kitchen shelf
-Constitution
-That book I'm reading

- J

4/2/11

My brain was done at about 10 this morning.  Body, however, appears to still be at work.  This has led to certain challenges.

- J

2/3/11

As Thursdays go, it's good.  Thursday used to be my least favorite day back in elementary school.  It seems so unnecessary.  There's no end-of-week anticipation like on Friday, no beginning-of-week energy like Monday... Wednesday is the halfway point, Tuesday is still early enough in the week that it's not too bad.  Bu Thursday.  Thurrrrrrsday.  It even sounds depressing.
Thanks for marrying me by the way.  That was great.

- J

10/2/10 - 2/2/11

Happy four months. =D
I love you.

- J

I won at scrabble!

I won by 10 points!  Playing almost entirely words I can tell you the meaning of. =)

- J

Thank you cards

People who have made "I wasn't thanked" noises:

Katie Brotten
Vic Mills
Bill and Marsha Odell

- J